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Cumbersome
cumbersome
1. Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle. Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use. = unwieldy ADJ 2. A cumbersome system or process is very complicated and inefficient. ...an old and cumbersome computer system... = clumsy ADJ
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1.
adjective Date: 1535 1. dialect burdensome, troublesome 2. unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk 3. slow-moving ; ponderous Synonyms: see heavy • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. inconvenient in size, weight, or shape; unwieldy. Derivatives cumbersomely adv. cumbersomeness n. Etymology: ME f. CUMBER + -SOME(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. тяжелый; громоздкий; нескладный the cumbersome old table with twisted legs —- громоздкий старый стол с изогнутыми ножками cumbersome armour —- тяжелое вооружение 2. обременительный cumbersome ceremonies —- обременительные формальности ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
~ adj 1 a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult (The technique was cumbersome and created problems with sound reproduction.) 2 heavy and difficult to move (cumbersome equipment that slowed us down considerably) 3 words or phrases that are cumbersome are long or complicated ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 14c., acombren, from O.Fr. encombrer, from combre "obstruction, barrier," from V.L. *comboros "that which is carried together." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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